Device for sprinkling powder and other materials.



j No. '196,256. "PATENTBD AUG'.1`,[1905. H. C. SANDERS.' y y 'DEVICE FOR`SPRINKLING POWDER AND OTHER MATERIALS.

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UNITED STATES` PATENT OEEIOE.

HENRY OONRAD sANDERs, OE EALiNe,l ENGLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1 Patented Aug. 1, 1905.

Application led. August 15, 1904. Serial No. 220,836.

To all whom it may con-cern:

Be it known that I, HENRY CONRAD SAN- DERS, engineer, a subjectof theKing of Great Britain, residing at 16 .Haven Green, Ealing, in thecounty of Middlesex, England, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements Relating to Devices for Sprinkling Powder and OtherMaterials, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for use in sprinkling variousmaterials, the objects being to insure a directional flow of the'contents of the vessel or receptacle, to prevent waste,

to simplify the construction of the apparatus,

and to reduce the cost of manufacture.

The essential feature of the present invention consists in providing asprinkler with a central discharge through whichthe fiow may beregulated or shut off at will by means of valved openings, the sprinklerand the means for shutting off the iiow being self-contained. andthelatter of a practically non-detachable which the views are somewhatenlarged, and in which- Figure-1 representsin vertical section 'asprinkling device adapted for use with a bottle or other receptacle, inthe mouth of lwhich it is held by means of a cork stopper. Fig.

v2 is a horizontal section taken along the line 2 2 inl Fig. l. Fig. 3is a section of a sprinkling device adapted for being screwed upon abottle or other receptacle. Fig. 4 is a hori- Zontalsection taken alongthe line 4 4 in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section illustrating a 'Inode ofapplying the invention to a box, iask, or the like. Fig. 6 is a partialhorizontal section taken along the line 6 6 in Fig. 5, and a plan. Fig.7 is a section of a modified `construction of sprinkler.

A sprinkler constructed according to this invention and adapted toeffect the objects hereinbeforereferred to may comprisea body or socketa, capable of application to the exitaperture of the vessel orreceptacle Z2 by an external or internal screw or by other suitablemeans, a cork stopper o being shown in Fig. 1. The said body or socket amay-be formed or provided with a central projecting ordepending nipplea', having a screw-threaded perforation a2. Around the nipple the bodymay be provided with a number of slots or perforations a3.v The body orsocket may 1 be formed with. a peripheral lip or flange ai,

adapted to receive and hold a shield or cover d, which may be formedwith a central aperture OZ coinciding with the aforesaid nipple.

Through the nipple is screwed a tube e, of

which the inner extremity isV closed by a diaphragm @X and flanged, asshown at e', Fig. 3, so as to serve as a stop to limit the outward-movement of the said tube e, or the said tube e may be reduced indiameter at its upper part, as shown at e2, Fig. l, and the shoulder es,adapted to form a stop, the outer extrem.- ity of the tube e beingextended through the aperture 0l in the shield 0l and flared orexpanded, as indicated at e4, so as to to form a discharge-mouth as alsoa stop for limiting the inward movement of the tube e when the latter isscrewed into the nipple a. the said flared or expanded extremity beingadapted to engage the shield CZ around the aperture d therein.

rlfhe tube e is formed with lateral perfora? tions e5, arranged in sucha manner that when the tube is screwed home the said perforations enterthe nipple a and communication is closed with the chamber CZX, formed bythe shield or cover d; but whenthe tube is unscrewed communication isagain opened with .the said chamber, the latter being in communicationwith the vessel by way ofthe slots or perforations as inthe body orsocket.

Assuming the valve or tube to be unscrewed,

the contents of the receptacle may be shaken into the chamber dx by wayof the perforations surrounding the nipple and thence through thelateral perforations e5 inthe tube or valve e, the contents beingthensprinkled through the central discharge aperture formed bytheaforesaid tube. `Having obtained the requisite quantity of powdered orother material from the receptacle, the discharge therefrom may bearrested by screw? ing home the tube e, and thereby closingcommunication with the vessel.

According to a modified construction the body or socket may be adaptedfor being screwed or otherwise applied to the vessel, as shown in Fig.3. The said body or socket in some cases-as, for example, in theconstruction illustrated in Fig. 7-may also serve as a shield and have acentral perforation, which may be screw-threaded for the reception ofthe laterally-perforated screwed valve e, hereinbefore referred to. theshield or cover may be formed with a In this arrangement boss or aninwardly projecting or depending nipple a for the valve to work through,perforations as being formed in the said boss or nipple so as toregister with the perforations e5 in the tube or valve.

` Instead of the tube or valve being arranged to screw into the body orsocket or the shield or cover it may be made plain and adapted to slidetherein, a suitably-arranged pin and Slot serving to guide the same andto prevent turning, or any other convenient means may be employed forguiding the valve. Such an arrangement is illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6,applied, by way of example, to a powderbox. In this instance the body orsocket a may be formed or provided with a depending hollow portion a,adapted to receive the tube or valve e and to allow of the latter beingoperated therein. For this purpose the said valve is formed with atongue e, which projects through a slot ax, formed in the portion a0.The attachment of the body or socket to theV boX may be etfected asshown or in any other desired manner.

By the use of sprinklers arranged as hereinbefore described undue wasteot' the contents of the vessel may be prevented, while the inconveniencearising from the use of loose caps such as ordinarily employed will beavoided. The How from the vessel may also be regulated to a high degreeof nicety, so that only the required quantity may be sprinkled. Thetendency to clog is also obviated when the device is used as apowdersprinkler.

The improved device is specially designed for use in connection withpulverulent materials-such, for example, as tooth-powder;

but it will be readily apparent that it may be applied to other uses orpreparations.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

l. A sprinkler comprising a body portion and a piston-valve, the bodyportion having a central delivery or discharge orilice, and the bodyportion and the valve having perforations through which communication isopened and closed to the central oriiice by the pistonvalve.

2. A sprinkler comprising a body portion provided with perforations anda valve having .a central delivery-oriice and lateral perforationsadapted, when the valve is moved longitudinally, to open and closecommunication with the perfor-ations in the sprinkler.

8. A sprinkler comprising a body portion having perorations and avalveof the piston type having a central delivery-orifice and lateralperforations, the said lateral perforations being adapted for openingand closing communication with the aforesaid central deliveryorifice bya longitudinal movement ot' the valve.

4. A sprinkler having perforations and a piston-valve formed with acentral deliveryorilice and lateral perforations, and adapted to openand close communication with the said central delivery oritice by alongitudinal movement of the said Valve in an outward and inwarddirection respectively and by way of said lateral perforations.

5. A sprinkler having perforations anda non-detachable piston-valveformed with a central delivery-orifice and lateral perforations andVadapted to open and close communication with the said centraldelivery-orifice by a longitudinal movement of the said valve in anoutward and inward direction respectively and by way of said lateralpeliorations.

6. Asprinklerhavingacentraldelivery-oritice, a shield or cover and avalvc for opening and closing communication with the said oriice and thereceptacle.

7. A sprinkler comprising a socket portion, a shield and a tube adaptedto work in said shield.

8. A sprinkler comprising a socket portion, a shield, alaterally-perforatcd tube, a nipple for said tube and stops on said tubefor preventing its detachment.

9. A sprinkler comprising a socket portion, a shield, a tube, a nipplefor said tube and perforations in the tube and in the nippleadapted in acertain relative position of said tube and nipple to coincide and eifectcommunication between the orifice and the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in presence of twosubscribing witnesses, this 2d day of August, 1904.

HENRY CONRAD SANDERS.

Witnesses:

T. SELBY VVARDE, WALTER J. SKERTEN.

